My one-way airlift to the back end of nowhere

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The Times expedition to Uruzgan, which borders the most lawless parts
of Helmand and Kandahar to the south and is hemmed in by impassable
mountains to the north, was an education in how remote the province really
is.

After five consecutive UN flights were cancelled or postponed (bad weather, no
fuel, or no reason), The Times was forced to hitch a ride in an old
Russian Mi8, plying the route for a private contractor.

Unfortunately, the pilot did not speak very much English and landed in the
wrong spot.